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<blockquote data-quote="kouk" data-source="post: 4360964" data-attributes="member: 55992"><p>This may not be a great simplification, but if you have a sheet or two with all the powers on it, including all the dice to roll and such, it should be faster than having to look up powers from the book.</p><p></p><p>Along with a one-stop location for powers, you might want to have the controlling player make a note about what the power does, or abbreviated description (relevant to his thinking pattern) so he knows what power is what with a glance. For Spinning Sweep, the note could be "1d10+4 and knockdown" so he knows which is which without having to read the description each time.</p><p></p><p>You could also establish who is the substitute player for a given character, so that if your fighter's player doesn't show up as often as everyone would like, one of the other players (who shows up more reliably) can familiarize himself with the fighter character so he can run it more smoothly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kouk, post: 4360964, member: 55992"] This may not be a great simplification, but if you have a sheet or two with all the powers on it, including all the dice to roll and such, it should be faster than having to look up powers from the book. Along with a one-stop location for powers, you might want to have the controlling player make a note about what the power does, or abbreviated description (relevant to his thinking pattern) so he knows what power is what with a glance. For Spinning Sweep, the note could be "1d10+4 and knockdown" so he knows which is which without having to read the description each time. You could also establish who is the substitute player for a given character, so that if your fighter's player doesn't show up as often as everyone would like, one of the other players (who shows up more reliably) can familiarize himself with the fighter character so he can run it more smoothly. [/QUOTE]
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